davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-02-16
Ducks Lost.

On Monday morning VIM. Hillyer
discovered that his drove of white
ducks had ell her strdyed or been
stolen. He could find no tracks Of
prowling Indians or boys and inclines
to the belief that the, ducks waddled
into the lake. were caught by the
south wind aud blown to Schurz.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-02-16
The Georre,,e.

Tie deorgene Company will begin
hosting Gre in a few days. The en-
CINE was in position and ready for
work a few days ago, the cage has
arrived and But little remains to Be
done before work begins.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-02-16
/,
The MOtif Dfablo,

The Mount Diablo Company will
begin working the mine in a short
time. The mill 10 fast nearing com.
pletion and the company will have a
large quantity Of ore for reduction,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-02-16
Blood Poisoning From Machine Oil,

Take care, says a scientific paper,
how you let any machine oil Or lubri,
Gator come III contact with d cut or
scratch on your hand or arm, as seri.
GUS blood poisoning may result. In
the manufacture Of some of these
machine oils, fat from diseased and
decomposed ANIMALS is used All
physicians know how POISONOUS such
matter is. The only safeguard Is not
to let any spot where the skin is
broken be touched by any machine
oil or 1ubricator.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-02-16
SAMPLES.

wires down.
SAMPLES.
Try the washing machines at Tay-
lor's.
Snow Is thirteen feet deep On the
Eierras,
OF. Taylor is receivlng::new goods
every day.
The G. r. was blockaded BY show
On Monday.
Hunters had good time until the
snow came.
Hogan has a line supply Of home
cured hams.
Judge Murphy returned to Carson
last Sunday.
J. G. Irwin has opened saloon in
independence.
H. E. Trimble, OF Coryville was ID
town on Sunday.
Billy Cardwell returned from Gan
delaria on Monday.
Gus Aaroe will begin building a resi-.
usnce, in a few days.
Valentines of Oil Kinds at o. F. Tay.
lor's; call and select.
John Overlook has become chief
engineer at Klmball's.
lobe Crossman came down from
Coryville on Monday.
Angeles dry-goods-box made won.
derful one-horse sleigh.
Poker is tightening its hold on the
affections of our citizens.
Choice Smiths Valley apples just
received at R. II. Wright's. -
Good ground barley for sale at
Wabuska by E. P. Lovejoy.
Three hundred pounds OF babbit
metal for sale at this Office.
Turkeys always to be had at Wabus.
ka; Address, E. P. Lovejoy.
Tom Pesci has large gang at Work,
cutting wood near the Summit.
A few sacks Of extra wheat for sale
At Wabuska, by E. P. hovejoy.
On Monday morning the show. blow
left Hawthorne for the Summit.
Enjoy your sleighihg while you
may; to morrow it may be dusty.
The Dictator delinquent sale has
been postponed until March 9Th.
It was reported on Monday that the
pay car was below the snow line,
Fine new Mason Valley potatoes
tor sale at Wabuska, by e. P. Eovejoy
John Warner and Alex. Morrison
came in from Kinkead last Sunday.
M. Carabantes has discovered
another rich ledge Oh the Independent
hill.
Wheeler Allen, foreman of the
Mount Cory, was ii town last satar.
day,
Senator Forbes came out and SHOOK
hands with his constituents on SatGr.
day.
l. 10 4
o. Ctutcher is delivering the finest
kind of wood, promptly, on receipt Of
order.
A large herd OF horses was driven
from Kerh County Into owens Valley,
last week.
The Bodie stage makes the trip on
runners, between Bodie and Del
Monte mill.
r. NJ. Ballard, Superintendent OF
she Mount Cory Went to California
last Thursday.
Bill Witherow, of Mason Valley,
has rented the old jim Downey saloon
In Plzen S%ftth.
Every mining man, who ttavcis
over the G. s. G., stops to take a look
1t Hawthorne District.
.. H. Harcourt was around Town
on Sunday taking photographs of the
prominent points Of interest.
The big livery stable of o. l. MARS
at Independence is going together
rapidly tor the accumulation Of tfav.
slers.
The steady southerly wind has
oriven the lake water considerable
distance over the flat at the north.
esd Several Of 'tAe stay-at. home In.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-02-16

AND CIGARS
H. A. .HN-..st sy-.'.
This Ii the hearessnssloon TO the depst,Aaa
polite and prompt attention IL paid
to patrons
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

vauccd; choice, 3 2023 80; fancy. G5a8 n.
extra fancy, 9RGl 10; winter wheat PATENT,
I 4Od.i TOO; Minnesota patents, GpGi 75
Curn--lu good drihaud, trading upward:
missed. SIC; white, 6nc
oats Easier ut 3lnIlsc.
tlrumcal. easier ut Hld2 -.
Hay, weaker prime. u JtGls 'li choice, 10 10
lios Products Unsteady oni generally
lower.
Pork, 10 Oh.
Lard. refined fierce. Is b4.qGb r.
Bulk Ncat,-ShOuidcr, So iona cleur ana
clear o. b~ 70.
clear ribs. y So.
lluus-Cholce sugRr-Gured. cau'1s-cd, l27
Wu-fy Market stcuiv NJ VGl 3'
Coffee steady with iur demands rio' j. F.
u2. 90,
IL CO. steady and good demand at Va as SO
Cotton seed PRO iuct~-hul AVID nominal:
prime crude oil. -Od-Nc; summer yellow, j'.G
IS: coke aud meal. . uud2tl.
Enu-Q quiet and weak ut ,-'s9i6c.
sugar ~trlds; Louisiana open settle, iull\
NIr, &C.. good iair, u. 4r, Louisiana crnililU-
sui~. oil white, GfG 1--we choice yellow
clarified. sc, seconds, 500 40
Mou~-c- -lu lair Demand aud firm: Louis
| inuA ccutplm-als, strictly prime 90 fancy, -'a
SIZE, fair 20 so d prime, 2.a2lci common to
good, lsG4lc.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
AGO PRICE CURRENT.
ocAI COTTON MARKET.
GENERAL LOCAL MARKET.

1,.,. prnc.ss. eyupOrnted lie;
Pff III, ,,r h,ipht utinrter, ac.
ST. ~ ioiber. al mills, sacked @c +,
IA"
-f,,,...af. lnl.c. short cIcni smoked,
A.tolsN..,i, Us, macon. m. hams, I3LGA
~ ul ''' p,y.ntpIilr. PRICE, and ROYAL
y Nh" ~ -. Ip-ns.. 1 ODD: 2is-lhs., ~ 80;
49,, 5.oI.. iUc. i-ug., Zoe; ,-0z.. 90; lib
4 I,f''",,,,.ir,f. 100. iur. 10, zoe; lg 10,
A 4. ~ navy III '"'"'' 49,
.ac. 80 ''''
ssoovs. No. fancy broom * ~, u do $325.
D"rI3 .friuL Green straw s255. d string
i9yTt 5i. string green y22l. = sirius yel-
a,|SE
YSy,-BfN0 i, ArARfAi,- Coopcrod lime g. 20
XXX, t,.l n, ~. pla.triiu- hius e. ~
M Uoai Nair75c per on. Cement, Kos
tssR 7Iper bbl. Louisville $50, tus .ish
r.nd ti11. Michigan plaster 81 20. N in
glass 10 OF list price.
ASSEp 0oops-Appirs, 3t cans 81 wWl -
f.0k, gallon cans 81 l'Mi Ni hI"ch berries,
.; s'inWhrIiI',' TO VI '', s'u,' u'Ii leN'
81 rh>pltliI'.; 81" "' Wn"IH' Il'H'
corn pl,i l.h Wv ,H,'"N W'
wltkt' 49, iIl't OF lht w t,' ~ Jersey
%, ludpID Idcut ~ ioh, ltIA, -lh = .nt
oysters. 'uh." 10 "hl -, !lh htni
Int irc, 10 90; rc1rie>, I'D ~td- %, ~
2! ., pinrhppl'' -Ih Z. 0aI 'l' pr'r, small
!n' hn, ldml\ 49, carry June '',
aa: salmon, Co,uubiu EiYcr 200 ~ncru-
slio 10. rlr'up- ,a 'lH, tomaloe., ID
~ ~. 1l"'l 'i"", 'uIll' NpI'-
,'.'''e5 '.'. N .'. ~ '',' '... 'u' ln2'r-
dl''.'' t',l '', '-'' "u,cf-
Nt'' wv 'h'l 'I'-' "h''t 3D. b'hrk = 90.
taels' st'inM lIr'sl"ng 3d. white cling
~, r.n,' ~ I-nI = '.
,hAVAtA'- n ~ y 10, "",' " &C.
~ 40 n'r/ lemon cream 90 Hsc, y \ y
rSste,, ' ,, , u Nn''Nn"'"s '@o'
S0hidtrI |9Se RIO. &C. iG'he' 22c' mir
y, o D,r w., - a. ~, ~ +" ~
ans g W. Brilliant 10 Dbl, Ice q gi,l. IN -
ASpifs-Fiint. w. '' 7'''''"' o. d.
AMY ir6Iic r IN.
irI'saSr,.Ii mi. 81, ,,,,,,
h boxo. 7l.psc. 80 "''' ""'e -
! p nr .si,.uS S'"'N' l'c'
IryI,-Cnul i',ii,,.....,
anthracite si0,S, tn,, 1t, Sa'us pli umlnou'
GuVrx Eur,',.r ~ ~ u"l VoIu Wpou, W,
Nt,slncs. Main case Sa'S %. e o'. ~ uei poN
GRAHAM FtnT," h., c. '" s w. W. 'er ouhch
C;SIT ~ = ' ~ H a. rcwI ~ W
gowiyy' ooi al % a,
H0Ssy r,i,,,nlii, H 70.
LARD-Reuned In t,ern,. -. ~ ,,.,, ~, d.,
N So 81" 'Nci lo-ip SO o-lD $50; 3-ii
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
cnIcAGo LIVE STOCK MARKEr,


CHICAGO, sept - The prover'' journal
reports;
Cnitlc-Receipn 1907; shipments, 500;
market lower: fancy, 00Gj .0 shipping
steers, > 7yai 81: siockers ana feeders, iOaS on;
COWS, bulls and mixed, 2j@3 -; Texas
cattle. / slG3 81; western rangers, 3oG2 bu
Hogs Receipts, 1900; shipments none;
market steady prices ranging from 0OGi No.
Shcep- Receipts, 60OU shipments, 2hO;
markoi steady; natives, 27JG3.33 Westerns
3 UuG8 ~; Texans , 70 % 80; lambs, i0a1 W.,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
KANSAS CITY LAVE srocE MARKET

kSasAs CITY, sept. -. The tive Stoct
indicator rcportsi
Dutilr- Receipts, $685. shipments, Pm;
marEci strong good tn choice curnicd, -f@
10 common 10 medium, 21ai TO- ,iocscrs,
. .l0t1 go: feeding steers, t5Nt -, cows,
auu2 10; gras, range steers 2iG- '0
s-Recclpts, az; supmeuts,--; mar
lSct steady, price, ranging from 3Tdi Ul.
Sncep-Rcccipts, 10. shipments mar
kct steady; good ochoicc, 3 uOGj75; common
to medium, = OlG4 I'll.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
CIRCULATE

~. Iancnrl 1I;t
kioNee business Tor the
W. thpvdt riuu]fr
thai
toe interest
ni1e that
!
In
coSt II
NJ great pleasure YOU that,
umpd FRONT
has ever II o house the,
# ( ihe position olnnI
- Wocanslu
t"''I advantages, we add
o fTryasa tlo
iaetl TO bari lnii
No uwitla fin
'"ln'l " tcold
oeunl bale,
ou we nave offered
the chances
t' TO Know tina
i~Sm for l,,dl
ln pleasure OF mli
trade lr
ana boots shoes il AZ,
I'd by
Nll te 10 duIM
furnished application
5'5 sun lnlhT merit
Leasing, ~
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

Exports thus far this week ...... iO3,625
STOCK AT ALL UNITED STATES PORTS
This day . .......... .......-......... 3ls,51e
Thisday last year Observation-Disclosures. oUi36
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

GALVESTON. sept 9.-Wholc,me dealers
report. Market unchanged; ordinary
good ordinary, 2l34; ialr to Irime, ~ gno''''
q; peaberry, q; government Jaw 90
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
AAhhETS BY TELEGRAPH.
COTTON.

shEc'rs AT UNITEn sr anna,
n.rls given. n' OF cotton receipts Mt
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

nq"Vi".i"',N hr, M ~, In"tsnood. w
- a.. . tn.op ni. f.mtl,' y t',,S m, mi,
anI y Snai M ~ Wv '''''' F ~ NV
tV,n' " - .rrlc,, -nag,,-i. M % roJ -
Earn M > ~ ''"7' ''|@Ny''' '''' -
n,,'' ~ oil
NJ ,,nph 'nnr9 hhl n M
inrJ tm,r inn nounds n
Snort iii sidos Ii"os., III
~, y,l,..i sr,,,,iJnrs 't,,,,oI, so,o,s VA
Sh1rt cicnr sides InxoJI yas Sy
Uums. ste,,dv Hi 2Oj@Ij O0.
wLisUv IiStiiinr- yYrniYi.d ,,nods In
per snIIon
ST. LOUIS PRODUCE MARKET.
NJ. Louis. sent % -Flour stondv and
unchanged but irm, prices ranging frow
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

Sugar drips in quart aud half gall
Ion cans at il. A. Little Il Cos.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
IN MARKETS.
FINANCIAL


GooN9 ., stocks and Bonds
ylRk, .
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30
GALVESTON COTTON.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 2g.-Spu, cotton CLOSED
steady aud l-lh over for middliug.
Sales, dOl. stock, S3NJl.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

sent. 2s.-consols closed lol 9-iO
I,neyi bar silver h'S'
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-30

|rhth /
|l'yFni.]|
Ia lieiil|
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10

There is hot tempered little fish
known as beta pugnax, and kept as
sort of domestic pet by the Siamese, to
display its proves for the Mongolian
amusement
When in state of quiet its dull colors
present no remarkable sight, but if two
be brought together, or if one sees its
own image in a looking glass, the little
creature becomes suddenly excited, the
raised fins and the whole body shine with
metallic colors of dazzling beauty, while
the projected gill membrane, waving like
black frill round the throat, adds some
thing of grotesqueness to the general APP
pearance. In this state it darts at its
real or reflected antagonist
The Siamese keep these fishes in globes
like goldfish, and the Malays often stake
large sums, or even the freedom of them
selves and their families, on the prowess
of a particular BETA. Youths Com
paniOn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10

scriptions, all told. is less than year ago
and also less than during the first few
weeks of the present "heavy-weight
season. A small percentage of the fac
tories, however, are doing better than
last year. The wooden hosiery industry is
in a fairly good condition, and the de-
mand for satinets is active, while the
production and consumption of shoddv
has reached more extensive proportions
than ever before. With wool dear and
goods cheap, the manufacturers have the
iecneSt possible incentive for cheapening
their product by using shoddy. and many
of them are making the most of their OPP
pOrtunities in this direction. Taking the
industry as Il whole. II still further and
more considerable reduction of output by
July is anticipated. This will be inev-
liable unless a great and generally uneX-
pected increase in the number and size of
orders from clothing manufacturers comes
about meanwhile. Only the more san
guine mill-owners look forward to the
desired improvement this season. But
while this is true it is noteworthy that
plans have recently been matured for the
erection of several modern wooden mills
in the course of the next few months.
Maine leads in this movement. The eX-
listing depression is attributed to various
causes. chief among which are overpro-
duction at the beginning of the season,
heavy importations of foreign woolens
and worsteds, especially dress goods. and
the fraudulent differentiation of imports.
More stress appears to be laid ON the last
grievance than upon the others. only
one manufacturer in the whole list of 22l
speaks of the interstate commerce law
as an obstacle to his success, and the
references to labor difficulties are eX-
tremely few.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10
Sarn Copies.
IARD-BALL HOGS.

We believe we were the very first
agricultural writer to raise voice
against the plan of ''improving" all the
lean meat out of hog but as we voiced
not merely an individual opinion, but a
very natural one among all pork-eaters
who remembered the mcaty spare-rlbs
and firm-slicing hams of earlier days, we
soon had plenty of help in downing the
grease-hog folly. Now the man who
wants to grow good pork thinks less of
having sort that will fatten promptly
than of getting one that will lean well.
The lean meat is worth more money than
the grease now-a-days: and we want
lean meat that is lean. not all permeated
with fat-and diseased fat, too, the pro-
duct of the fatty degeneration of other
tissues. which is fatal disease in man
kind and would prove so in hogs if they
were spared from the knife for more
than Il tenth part of their natural lives.
There is vastly more money to be made
by porb-raiser who knows how to give
his patrons good. firm. lean meat in the
spare-ribs. hams. and even the sausages
he offers them, than in the opposite
course. The right kind of pork, like the
right kind of mutton and beef, brings a
fancy price in every large market.-[T.
ii. HOskins.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10

Remarkable accuracy is now attained
by engineers in cutting tunnels through
mountains, working from both ends.
Thus at the Musconetcong tunnel, of the
Lehigh Valley railroad, the alignment
tested to 0.04 foot, or less than one-h half
inch. This accuracy is, to large extent,
a development of recent years. In the
annals of the state of Pennsylvania it is
mentioned as a remarkable specimen of
accurate leveling that in circle of twelve
miles that was leveled the error was only
1.2 feet fifty years afterward, or in 1878,
engineers engaged in running line of
levels between the Chesapeake and Della
ware bays, for the purpose of determin-
ing the feasibility of ship canal tested
some new leveling instruments furnished
by the government; a line of test levels
being run over ten miles, the difference
of level on the closing bench mark was
only 0.005 foot.-New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10
The Persian Rider.

The Persian rider takes peculiar posi-
ton when at full speed. Instead of
clinging with his knees to the sides of
the horse, he stands straight up on the
stirrups and holds fast to the saddle bow.
The effect is very singular, the rider
appearing perfectly rigid as if an integral
portion of the horse.
The favorite PAGES of Persian horses
are fast walk and a gallop; not rarely
also the rack. Trotting is rarely seen in
the east and is not encouraged. In the
palmy days of Persia military renown
whole armies We're sometimes composed
of light cavalry, and well authenticated
stories are told of the extraordinary
marches sometimes accomplished by the
hardy stations of Ivan. All the riding
horses of Persia are stations; man who
condescends to ride mare or a gelding
is held in contempt. While full of fire
and spirit. l have always found these
stations of the east less savage than those
of Americas. g. w. Benjamin in
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10

Horace Greeley used to say that New
York city was the most corruptly.
wastefully and inefiiciently governed of
any twenty square miles of this earth s
surface. Things are much better now,
but bad enough yet By its geology and
location this should be among the health
lest cities in the world; the natural drain
age is splendid, the tide sweeps a strong
current by both shores twice day, and
the iodized sea air blows through every
street and alley all night. Yet this is
almost. if not quite, the sickliest city in
the world. Calcutta is the only large
place with a larger death rate, and
cholera is there the year round. New
Orleans occasionally has a larger death
rate, but never of whites alone. Mobile,
of both white and black, shows a much
lower mortality In Chicago and Cincin-
natl the deaths per 1000 average but 20
to the 80 in New York.
Even in the terrible yellow fever years
the mortality of the gulf cities rarely
one word-filth. Close as they are, there
is very noticeable difference between the
air of New York and that of Brooklyn.
And it is believed, with good reason, that
the proportion here is moderated from
defective statistics. In short, including
the deaths of children, we are forced to
admit that the average life of man here is
shorter than in the malarious regions of
the country, shorter than on the hot mud
banks of Guiana or in the fever breeding
jungles of Hindoostan. II. Beadle in
Rockville Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10

The Grouse" bugle, as a rule, is sound
ed about a M, and shortly afterward
the sleepy officer is awakened by his SER
want bearing a lamp in one hand, and a
cup of tea or cocoa in the other. AT the
time of year when regiments in India
are marching in course of relief. it is bit
ter cold, and dressing is not an inspiriting
process. About 4:30 you issue shivering
from your tent and proceed to where the
men of your company are loading ele-
plants, camels mules or pack bullocks
with their camp equipage and kits. The
scene is a busy and picturesque one for
all the light at this early hour is derived
from torches and blazing fires, and the
confusion seems indefinite. At about
400 O'Clock, however, the loading is
completed; the 'fall in is sounded; and
punctually at 5 O'Clock away goes the
regiment as merrily as the darkness and
the occasional eccentricities of the road
will allow
After the first half hour a short halt is
called; and thenceforward halts of five
minutes every half hour, not including
the long ''coffee halt, usually at about
six miles from the last camp. During
the coffee halt every one has coffee or tea
and biscuits, the day having by this time
broken, and when once more the regi-
ment moves off the band strikes up, and
the brass instruments take turn about
with the drums and flies until the next
camp is reached. Here the regiment
finds the camp already marked out by
the camp color party sent on the night
before for that purpose. In very short
time the camp is fully pitched; general
toilet follows, and a most welcome break
fast; and then, possibly, some shooting,
lunch, a stroll, an early dinner in the
big mess tent, chat round a camp fire,
and bed. Not very exciting existence,
but very sociable and eminently healthy
one.-Chambers' Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10
THE WOOL INDUSTRY IN NEW
ENGLAND

The following, from a recent elaborate
report in Bradstreet's, the commercial
journal, is of interest:
The number of New England wooden
factories altogether idle is comparatively
small. Even in the liveliest times con-
Germs here and there are shut down on
account of financial or other unusual diff
cultes. The extent of the actual stoppage
of mills has been somewhat exaggerated
during the past three months. Never
theless, a very large proportion of the
factories in the six Eastern States are
running only part of their machinery, OF
are at work on short hours, on account OF
lack of business. The depression thus
Enthusiastically apparent extends through
both worsted and cashmere establish-
ments. The production of wooden and
worsted goods, especially of the finer de-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10
A Type of Husband.

A foreign correspondent tells the fol-
lowing story: There was an English
man on board, the younger son of lord,
who may be said to represent type of
husband much sought after in certain
limited circles in the United States
This Englishman married, several years
ago, the daughter of a wealthy Boston
gentleman. He spends three months
every year in Boston with his wife and
the other nine months in England alone.
He has never taken his wife over with
him to his own home. He was asked by
friend on this trip why he did not
bring his wife. oh, said he, she Is
kept at home by baby, believe. or
something like that
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-10

Russian petroleum threatens to take
the place of the American article in Euro
pean markets, owing to its extreme cheap
ness. The Russian wells yield immense
quantities of OIL the great Drooia foun-
tain having spouted 800, 200 tons, or
So, 200, 900 of gallons, before it was
capped. This oil was worth almost a
Il, 900, 900, but at Bal1u most of it was
lost for want of storage accommodation.
The cost of boring the well was about
800. Last year the production of
crude petroleum at Baku exceeded
420, 600 gallons, or 10000. 900 bar
rels. 1t could as easily have been ten or
twenty times that amount, as there is
practically no limit to the supply, mill
ions of gallons running away in waste
into the Caspian sea for want of buyers
At Baku 1870 firms have refineries,
which last year produced nearly $780,
100000 gallons of refined petroleum.
Since 1878 Russia has invested remu-
neratively over 81, 200, 900 in oil steam-
ers for the Caspian sea. In 1870 there
was only one steamer in the sea; to-day
there are 1000. The refineres keep so
much ahead of the developing transport
that the best refined petroleum or lamp
oil is sold at three farthings a gal
lon at Baku. AT London this
wholesale price of the American
article is about siXpence per gallon.
The exports from Ballu along the Batoum
railway in 1855 comprised $1,000 000
gallons refined petroleum, 2,G30, PA gal
Ions lubricatlrg oil and 1900. 600 gallons
of crude oil. Barouin is about the same
distance from London as is New York -
San Francisco Chronicle